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Highlights Whitney Biennial 2012

2012 Whitney Biennial A dancer in Sarah Michelson's “Devotion Study #1 — The American Dancer.”

A dancer in Sarah Michelson's “Devotion Study #1 — The American Dancer.” Source: Librado Romero/The New York Times

The Whitney Biennial 2012, the sixty-seven in a series of Annuals and Biennials since 1932, looks at the state of contemporary American art. Some of the year’s best are below.

Untitled (2011), by Vincent Fecteau. Photo: © Vincent Fecteau/Courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art

Untitled (2011), by Vincent Fecteau. Photo Source: Vincent Fecteau/Courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art

Gisele Vienne with Dennis Cooper, Stephen O’Malley and Peter Rehberg, LAST SPRING: A Prequel, 2011, in the 2012 Whitney Biennial, New York

Gisele Vienne with Dennis Cooper, Stephen O’Malley and Peter Rehberg, LAST SPRING: A Prequel, 2011, in the 2012 Whitney Biennial, New York. Source: artnet.com

Oscar Tuzaon, For Hire, 2012, 2012 Whitney Biennial

Oscar Tuzaon, For Hire, 2012, 2012 Whitney Biennial. Source: artnet.com

Forrest Bess, Untitled (No. 5), 1949, The Cartin Collection, in the Whitney Biennial 2012, New York

Forrest Bess, Untitled (No. 5), 1949, The Cartin Collection, in the Whitney Biennial 2012, New York. Source: artnet.com

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